Illustrator Juan Carlos, from Valencia, works with simple illustration and clever layering to bring his imaginative paper figures to life. His work is full of interesting characters with endearing human.

Hand-cut paper illustrations show a world of detail

"Vertical Landscape" by Eiko Ojala. It looks like a paper landscape but the artist actually works digitally and hand-draws all the elements to look like they're cut out of people. (Hint: the shadows help!

Magnificent Hump Back Whale illustration, with watercolour washed stormy skies. This is a reproduction of the original illustration from the 'Tails of the Sea' series by Dario Fisher, based in Cambridge UK.